Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 A 30-year-old primiparous woman underwent routine nuchal translucency scan at 12+1 weeks of gestation. A possible amniotic band with entrapment of the upper limbs and the umbilical cord was noted. Amniotic bands or constriction rings may obstruct vascular and lymph supply and cause deformity, amputation or even intrauterine death. The exact etiology is
Tsakiridis Ioannis, Dagklis Themistoklis
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Amniotic Band Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Literature. [PDF]
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob OpenSummary:. Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is a rare congenital condition with variable clinical presentation. It is the consequence of fetal components becoming tangled by amniotic strands, leading to constriction rings.
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Spontaneous resolution of amniotic bands [PDF]
Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2001 AbstractThe amniotic band syndrome comprises a group of sporadic congenital anomalies characterized by amputations, constriction bands, pseudosyndactylism and multiple craniofacial, visceral and body wall defects. It occurs in approximately 1 in 1200 to 1 in 15 000 live births.
Pedersen, T.K., Thomsen, S.-G.
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Early surgical intervention for neonatal syndactyly in amniotic band sequence. [PDF]
JPRAS OpenAmniotic Band Sequence is a rare congenital disorder that can result in a vast array of limb deformities, including pathognomonic fenestrated syndactyly.
Shulkin A, Tessier L, Bougie E.
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Minimally Invasive Fetoscopic Resection of Life-Threatening Amniotic Band Constrictions in a Human Fetus at 22 + 2 Weeks of Gestation Complicated by Subtotal Chorioamniotic Separation and Partial Placental Abruption. [PDF]
Children (Basel)Amniotic band syndrome is a constrictive phenomenon in fetal development that can provoke limb autoamputation, malformation, trunk division, and umbilical cord strangulation.
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Hirschprung's Disease and Thoracic Limb Amputation by Amniotic Bands in a Patient With Down Syndrome: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Case RepDown syndrome is a risk factor for Hirschsprung's disease. However, the amniotic band sequence does not directly correlate. We present a patient with Down syndrome and associated Hirschsprung's disease, who exhibited findings consistent with amniotic ...
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Body stalk anomalies and their relationship to amniotic band disruption complex in six cats. [PDF]
J Feline Med SurgObjectives The aim of this study was to investigate the appearance of body stalk anomalies (BSAs) and amniotic band disruption complex (ABDC) in cats ( Felis catus ), classify these congenital conditions using a system originally developed for humans and
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A Sandwich-Type Double-Layer Amniotic Membrane Graft for Repairing Myopic Macular Hole-Related Retinal Detachment in a Child with Knobloch Syndrome. [PDF]
Turk J OphthalmolThis case report describes a surgical technique using double-layer human amniotic membrane (hAM) grafting to repair a high myopic macular hole (MH)-related chronic retinal detachment (RD) with subretinal bands in a child with Knobloch syndrome.
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Late management of amniotic bands syndrome with incomplete syndactyly: A case report of 4-year-old child [PDF]
International Journal of Surgery Case ReportsTala Dakkak, Aladdin Etr
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Maternal vasoactive exposures, amniotic bands, and terminal transverse limb defects [PDF]
Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, 2009 Martha M Werler, Stuart K Shapira
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